Lithocarpus crassifolius A.Camus

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees to 10 m tall. Branchlets dark brown when dry, lenticellate. Petiole 2-5 mm; leaf blade broadly elliptic to obovate, 5-9 × 3-5 cm, rigidly leathery, yellowish brown when dry, abaxially covered with appressed hairs on midvein and with waxy scalelike trichomes when young, base broadly cuneate, margin entire and slightly recurved, apex rounded, obtuse, or rarely acute; secondary veins 6-9 on each side of midvein, adaxially slightly impressed, sometimes ramified near margin; tertiary veins abaxially slender, evident to inconspicuous. Infructescences 3-5 cm; rachis 4-6 mm thick, glabrous, lenticellate; cupules in clusters of ca. 3. Cupule cupular, 0.8-1.2 × 1.5-2.2 cm, enclosing 1/3-1/2 of nut, wall ca. 2 mm thick; bracts imbricate, triangular, appressed, with loose, rust-colored, waxy scalelike trichomes. Nut depressed, 1-1.2 × 1.5-1.8 cm, glabrous; scar covering 1/4-1/3 of nut, convex but margins ± impressed. Fr. Aug.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Lithocarpus crassifolius world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358701-1
WFO ID wfo-0000229835
COL ID 3VJT6
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus crassifolius Lithocarpus pachyphylloides